Word: conquering
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...with his mother against her; the old woman is delighted. One night after a miscarriage his wife dies alone, and Fernand changes sides again. But when, years later, his old mother finally allows Death to take her from him, the ingrained memories of his long life with her gradually conquer the misty recollections of his wife. When Fernand himself has become horribly old, his mother has quite regained him: they are almost indistinguishable...
...Secretary of the Interior Wilbur approved a construction order which was telegraphed to Las Vegas, Nev., where Walker R. Young, resident U. S. engineer, received it. Said Secretary Wilbur: "With dollars, men and engineering brains we will build a great natural resource . . . make new geography . . . start a new era ... conquer the Great American Desert. To bring about this transformation requires a dam higher than any the engineer has hitherto conceived or attempted to build." Secretary Wilbur warned against a great rush of workmen to the barren dam site where their services are not yet needed...
...Dear friend," wrote Saint to Viceroy, "I know the dangers attendant upon the method adopted by me, but my country is not likely to mistake my meaning. I say what I mean and think. The only way to conquer violence is through non violence, pure and undefiled. "If, in spite of repeated warnings, the people resort to violence, I must disown responsibility and you may condemn civil disobedience as much as you like. Will you prefer a violent revolt? "History will pronounce the verdict that the British Government, not bearing because not understanding, goaded human nature to violence, which...
...Stout, novelist: "Art is man's attempt to conquer nature, either by improving upon her or by condemning...
...harrassing pain from the fifth pair of cranial nerves has always appealed to the sympathies of the dental practitioner and stimulated him to conquer it. That the profession is slowly but surely achieving this task is indicated by the great progress that has been made toward clearing the trail blazed by these two public benefactors. Here at Harvard, notable advances have been made in the use of nitrous oxide and oxygen, and especially in the technique of administering local anaesthetics...